Ice-shaver



(No Model.)

J. B. BAILY.- 10B SHAVER.

No. 596,566. Patented Jan. 4, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.N

JOHN B. BAILY, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOIVA.

ICE-SHAVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,566, dated January4, 1898.

Application liled June 10, 1897. Serial No. 640,186. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. BAILY, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State ofIowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Shaves;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ice-shaves; and it has for its prime object toprovide an implement for such purposes which may be used with ease andfacility and which will leave the shaved ice free from the bowl orholder when the base or bottom has been removed, so that such ice can bequickly turned into a glass or other receptacle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and durableconstruction which will require no experience to operate and one inwhich the parts are not liable to get out of order.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following descriptionand claims when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken in the plane indicated bythe dotted line w w on Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken in theplane indicated by the dotted line ma; on Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsectional view taken at the point indicated by the dotted line y y onFig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bowl or holder removed. Fig.5 is a perspective view of the bottom detached, and Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the planerknife.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates the bottom or base,and B the bowl or holder. The base or bot-tom, which is of a generalcircular form in outline, may be composed of stout metal or othersuitable material having its face a provided with two transverse slotsb, which may be of a suitable length and width, according to the fancyor dictation of the manufacturer, for the upward passage of the shavedice and the projection of the planer knives or cutters. In the presentillustration of my invention I have shown the cutter as composed of asingle piece of steel having the obliquely and oppositely directedcutting edges c and the connecting or central flat portion CZ with holesc to receive rivets f, screws, or other suitable fastening devices, andthe bottom or base may be recessed on its under side in advance of eachcutter, as shown at g, so as to facilitate the entrance of lthe shavedice. I would have it understood, however, that I do not limit myself t0this construction of cutter, as I may form each cutter separately,although I prefer to use the form which I have shown.

Rising from the upper side of the base or bottom is a marginal flange h,which ange is separated diametrically, as shown at i, to form entrancesfor lugs on the bowl, as will be presently described, and the inner sideof each flange h is grooved or recessed from one end to near the other,as shown at Z, where they are provided with stops j, the stops on theflanges being at the ends farthest from each other, so that the bowl orholder can be turned to the right only in making the connection and tothe left in detaching the bottom therefrom.

The bowl or holder may be of any suitable shape, although I prefer tomake it of apj proximately cone shape, as shown, and I provide the mouthon its outer side and at diametrically opposite points with lugs 7s,which are designed to enter the separated parts z' of the bottom andtake into grooves Z` in the flanges 71,. By this means it will be seenJthat when the bowl or holder has been placed upon the base, with thelugs 7c entering between the separated ends of the ilange h, by thengiving the bowl a half-turn to the right these lugs will snugly engagethe recessed parts of the flange, and consequently hold said bowl to itsbase or bottom, when the device can be conveniently grasped by one handand reciprocated on a piece of ice, so that the shavings will pass upthrough one slot of the bottom when the implement has been moved in onedirection and up through the other slot when the implement has beenmoved in the opposite direction, so that the shaving of the ice will bevery rapid and the bowl can be quickly filled with but little exertion.To remove the bowl from the base or bottom, it is simply necessary toreverse the direction of movement of said bowl until the lugs thereonhave been brought to the openings fi.

a U-shaped piece of iiat metal C, which may have sufficient resiliencyto snugly engage the inner walls of the holder and is pivoted at itscenter within the bowl or holder and in the top thereof, as shown at m.The ends of this scraper, which is shaped to conform to the interior ofthe bowl, project a sufficient distance laterally from the mouth toengage the flanges h at the recessed or cut-out portions, so that thescraper will remain stationary with respect to the bottom and willscrape the entire inner surface of the bowl before the bottom can beremoved, thereby severing the ice from the bowl in the act of removingthe bowl from the bottom.

I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the particularform of scraper which I have shown, nor to any material from which suchscraper may be made, as I am aware that changes can be made in the formand-construction as well as the manner of attaching the same to thebowl.

Having thus-described my invention7 what I claim is l. An ice-shave,comprising a base or bottom lcarrying la cutter, and also having a verltical marginal i'lange recessed at opposite points, and each separatesection grooved and provided with a stop, and a bowl or holder havingits mouth provided laterally and at diametrical points with lugs adaptedto enter the grooves of the flange, substantially as specified.

2. An ice-shave, comprising a base or bottom carrying a cutter, and adetachable bowl or holder having a scraper adapted to be 'moved withinthe bowl by the detachment of the base, substantially as specified.

3. An ice-shave, comprising a base or bottom carrying a cutter andhaving a marginal Han-ge on its upper side, said iiange being separatedat opposite points, and each section internally grooved and providedwith a stop, and a bowl or holder having lateral lugs to venter saidrecessed portions and take into grooves, and a scraper carried by thebowl and adapted to engage the recesses or cut-out portions of theliange of the bottom, substantially as specified.

4. An ice-shave having a bowl or holder JOHN B. BAILY.

W'itnesses:

FRED FoRREsTER, C. C. CocK.

